"Windows 11", which Microsoft plans to release soon, has received high acclaim for its renewed user interface. But the reveal of the complexity of how to change the default browser in the preview has raised concerns among Windows fans.
The company has long received complaints from competitors such as Vivaldi Technologies, the developer of "Vivaldi", and Mozilla, the developer of "Firefox", about making "Microsoft Edge" the default browser on "Windows 10". have been criticized.
In the current preview version of Windows 11, as The Verge's Windows watcher Tom Warren points out, the method of changing the default browser is more complicated than in Windows 10.
As Mr. Warren notes, if you select [Settings] - [Apps] - [Default apps] and try to set "Google Chrome" etc. as the default browser, it will be applied to all file types. You are prompted to choose a default browser for each type of file or link instead of choosing one default browser for each type of file or link.
For this reason, in the case of Chrome, the user must explicitly select between HTM, HTML, PDF, SHTML, SVG, WEBP, XHT, XHTML, FTP, HTTP, and HTTPS.
While Windows 11 makes it easy to specify the default browser for each of the various file types, many users may be confused by allowing for detailed selection.
On Windows 11, when you set a browser other than Edge, there is still a function to set the default for all file types to that browser, but this option is available immediately after installing a new browser. It is presented only once.
After setting it once, if you try to change the default browser from the "Default apps" setting, the message "Before switching: Try Microsoft Edge. Fast and secure, born for Windows 11 This is an app." dialog box appears.
Microsoft states that Windows 11 allows users to specify in more detail where and how to select the default browser.
This article is an article from overseas Red Ventures edited by Asahi Interactive for Japan.